2005 New Zealand Music Awards

2005 New Zealand Music Awards
2005 New Zealand Music Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in New Zealand music
Date	5 October 2005
Location	Aotea Centre, Auckland
Country	New Zealand
Reward(s)	Tui award trophy
Website	nzmusicawards.co.nz
Television/radio coverage
Network	C4

The 2005 New Zealand Music Awards took place on 5 October 2005 at the Aotea Centre in Auckland.

Awards and nominees[edit]

The 'Lifetime Achievement Award' category was changed to 'Outstanding Contribution to the Growth in NZ Music on Radio'.^[1]

One new category was added: 'Best Roots Album'.^[2]

The Best Maori Album and Best Gospel / Christian Album categories were not awarded due to insufficient entries.^[3]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[4]

Multiple winners on the night included Fat Freddy's Drop with five awards.

Key: † – Non-technical award; ‡ – Technical award

Album of the Year†	Single of the Year†
Fat Freddy's Drop – Based on a True Story Breaks Co-Op – The Sound Inside Finn Brothers – Everyone Is Here Shihad – Love Is The New Hate The Phoenix Foundation – Pegasus	Breaks Co-Op – "The Otherside" Brooke Fraser – "Arithmetic" Dave Dobbyn – "Welcome Home" Finn Brothers – "Won't Give In" P-Money – "Stop The Music"
Best Group†	Best Male Solo Artist†
Fat Freddy's Drop – Based on a True Story Goldenhorse – Out of the Moon Shihad – Love Is The New Hate	P-Money – Magic City Savage – Moonshine SJD – Southern Lights
Best Female Solo Artist†	Breakthrough Artist of the Year†
Yulia – Into the West Debbie Harwood – Soothe Me Jordan Reyne – Passenger	The Checks – What You Heard Dei Hamo – First Edition Tha Feelstyle – Break It to Pieces
Highest Selling NZ Album†	Highest Selling NZ Single†
Yulia – Into the West	Dei Hamo – We Gon Ride
Songwriter of the Year†	Best Rock Album†
Dave Dobbyn – "Welcome Home" Andy Lovegrove, Zane Lowe & Hamish Clark – "The Other Side" (Breaks Co-Op) Brooke Fraser – "Arithmetic"	Shihad – Love is the New Hate Pluto – Pipeline Under The Ocean The D4 – Out of My Head
Best Urban / Hip Hop Album†	Best Dance / Electronica Album†
P-Money – Magic City Savage – Moonshine Tha Feelstyle – Break It To Pieces	Del Rey System – Del Rey System Audiosauce – Contimental Drift Baitercell & Schumacher – The Wall of Bass Technique Mark de Clive-Lowe – Tide's Arising
Best Aotearoa Roots Album†	Best Music Video†
Fat Freddy's Drop – Based on a True Story Katchafire – Slow Burning TrinityRoots – Home, Land & Sea	Chris Graham & Dei Hamo – "We Gon Ride" Greg Page & P-Money – "Stop The Music" Reuben Sutherland & The Phoenix Foundation – "Hitchcock"
Peoples Choice Award†	Best Producer‡
Fat Freddy's Drop – Based on a True Story P-Money Savage Shihad the feelers	*Angus Mcnaughton & Sean Donnelly – Southern Lights (SJD)* Lee Prebble – Pegasus (The Phoenix Foundation) Nick Abbott, Luke Tomes & Pluto – Pipeline Under The Ocean (Pluto)
Best Engineer‡	Best Album Cover‡
*Angus Mcnaughton – Southern Lights* (SJD)** Doug Jane – Into The West (Yulia) Nick Abbott & Luke Tomes – Pipeline Under The Ocean (Pluto)	*K. Futialo, A. Morton, G. Osborne & A. B. White – Break It To Pieces* (Tha Feelstyle)** Chris Brunskill – Slow Burning (Katchafire) Tana Mitchell – Contimental Drift (Audiosauce)
Best Classical Album†	Best Maori Album†
Dan Poynton – The Complete Piano Music of Douglas Lilburn, Volume 1 Best Classical Album: Jonathan Lemalu – Opera Arias Tower New Zealand Youth Choir – Gaude/Rejoice	no award
Best Gospel / Christian Album†	Best Country Music Album†
no award	Kylie Harris – Kylie Harris Noel Burns – Special To Me Pat Hannah – Moods & Memories
Best Folk Album†	Best Pacific Music Album†
Bob McNeill – Turn The Diesels John Sutherland – Mealmarket St Hinemoana Baker – puawai	Ardijah – Journey Aniseto Falemoe – Afe O Maila Ole Alofa Ephraim – Moemoea o Avaiki
Best Jazz Album†	International Achievement Award†
The Kevin Clark Trio Live with Guest Artists – The Sandbar Sessions Dan Papirany Trio – Session One Julie Mason Quintet – Estate (Summer)	Evermore Scribe Finn Brothers – Everyone Is Here
Outstanding Contribution to the Growth of NZ Music on Radio†
Camille Guzzwell, David Ridler

References[edit]

^ "2005 New Zealand Music Awards". Web page. RIANZ. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
^ "New Awards". NZ Music Awards. Archived from the original on 10 October 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
^ "2005 Awards: FAQs". NZ Music Awards. Archived from the original on 10 October 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
^ "Awards 2005". Listing. NZ Music Awards. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.

[1] "2005 New Zealand Music Awards". Web page. RIANZ. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.

[new-awards-2] "New Awards". NZ Music Awards. Archived from the original on 10 October 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

[faqs-3] "2005 Awards: FAQs". NZ Music Awards. Archived from the original on 10 October 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

[4] "Awards 2005". Listing. NZ Music Awards. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.

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2005 New Zealand Music Awards

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